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'''''' () is a concept in ancient Greek thought that refers to "excellence" of any kind—especially a person or thing's "full realization of potential or inherent function." The term may also refer to excellence in "moral virtue."

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Deity.type
Greek
Deity.member_of
The Praxidicae
Deity.name
Arete
Deity.image
Arete - Areté- Éfeso.jpg
Deity.caption
Statue of Arete in Celsus' Library in Ephesus, 2nd century AD
Deity.god_of
Goddess of excellence and virtue
Deity.parents
Praxidice and Soter
Deity.siblings
Homonoia
Deity.gender
Female
Deity.equivalent1
Virtus
Deity.equivalent1_type
Roman

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Pauly–Wissowa
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Arete
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